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Not entirely unexpected. They'll go on a decent run now.

So can someone confirm if Nolan is suspended or not then?

Spurs, Boro and Blackburn ideally.

Just never, ever liked him. No idea why and it's probably totally irrational but there you go.

One of a few manu players who have been a true great and a credit to the game. Him and Scholes. Two of the best British players of their generation. and Beckham ! Nah, he's a cunt. do you ? I think he's been a great player, great professional and is also a good bloke to go with it. Don't like his missus mind Haven't got the time of day for him tbh. A pretty good footballer but nowhere near the level of Giggs or Scholes imo. I also think he always comes across as a fucking prick.

One of a few manu players who have been a true great and a credit to the game. Him and Scholes. Two of the best British players of their generation. and Beckham ! Nah, he's a cunt.

One of a few manu players who have been a true great and a credit to the game. Him and Scholes. Two of the best British players of their generation.

Just one remarkable stat regarding Giggs. His goal today means he's scored a goal in EVERY single season of the Premier League since football it started in 1992. That's ridiculous.

Absolutely loads. Platini, Maradona, Zidane, Van Basten, Gullit, Baresi, Zico, Nedved, Hoddle... just so many over the years.

He could have handled it much better than that like. Just sitting there staring at other people in the room makes him look like a bit of a dick tbh. Quite like Moyes but he should have just avoided answering that particular question and moved on to a different question from another hack.

Aye but that's a local derby with the winners getting to host Man U (probably televised) in the next round. Blackburn v Sunderland with both teams leaving loads of players out was never going to get many going to it tbf.

I actually enjoyed the game tonight. It was cagey and tight but I don't need a game to be helter-skelter to enjoy it. Two good teams working hard and trying to force a mistake from their opponent is just as exciting as a sloppy, error-strewn 3-3 imo. There you go.

Just sent my congratulations to an Evertonian mate of mine, got this back: 'Cheers mate. Shithouse injured, torres shagged out and that little cunt suspended into the bargain. Happy days!' Says it all. Fuck off Liverpool.

Shouldn't be allowed anywhere near football coverage. Absolute twats.

All it comes down to for me is supporting the club. That's all we can do. If we got Ashley out, who's to say someone better would come in? I respect fans talking passionately about the club, but at the end of the day we're just fans. My honest opinion is that the best thing to do is to support the club as best we can and hope for the best. I'm well aware that many will disagree with me, but I can't see any other way. Spot on.

Had Given (and his lawyer) kept his mouth shut do you think we'd have got more or less than £6m for him?

Given's actions pushed the eventual fee downwards don't forget. Had he done things differently then we'd have sold him for an awful lot more than we were forced to settle for.

I thought it would pan out that Kinnear (or whoever) walked and Wise would step into the gap and become boss. Never really envisaged Wise walking out but there you go.

It's an interesting story. Wise is certainly not the villain he's made out to be but there is obviously problems with job descriptions overlapping. Wise walking might not be the worst news in the world if it means proper managers take us seriously again.

Have you looked at the finances thread? Not defending him as such but Ashley didn't buy us to be a rich mans toy. He bought us to be a business, we will want to make a profit one way or another and at the moment we are still trying paying for our previous reckless spending which despite what certain people will say simply wasnt going to last forever before we were in a hole so deep we wouldn't have managed to get out. At what point will we be free of the previous mess? From what I gather the enormous wage bill was the main crux of the problem. Getting shot of the players who don't contribute and/or earn upwards of £3.5m a year will be the start of it. Unfortunately it could take quite some time imo.

Definitely a winnable game. We're lucky in as much as they're down to the bare bones themselves and we might have one or two back for it. We're due a win and I think we'll get it. Losing doesn't bear thinking about like...

Steady Smiffy still to add to that lot.

Seeing as we sold 2 players who had no intention of playing for us again and bringing in 3 who did then I'd say we've strengthened. Getting players back from injury will be the key to staying up, not signing about 5 players in January imo.

We won't know if that's the case until 14 games from now. End of thread. So if we stay up, successful transfer window then? And if we go down? I think he means the end result will have justified the means. If we go down it's a disaster. Ashley's gambled and we'll find out in May if he's won or not. Until then there's precisely fuck all any of us can do to influence things other than giving whoever plays in black & white 100% support in the last 14 games. It's out of our hands.